All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published in the ...

Every time you use your phone, open your computer or listen to your favorite music on AirPods, you are relying on critical minerals. These materials are the tiny building blocks powering modern life.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Did you know that minerals are all around us? Minerals are the building blocks that make up rocks! They are the ores that we extract metals from ...

Finding a mineral sunscreen that doesn't leave skin looking shades lighter can be a feat. While this seems to make mineral sunscreens the obvious winners, anyone who has ever used them knows they can ...

Earth’s most abundant mineral — bridgmanite — lies hidden in the lower mantle, but Li Zhang is hopeful that advances in analytical techniques may reveal the inner workings of our world. Jörg Hermann ...

This story appears in the October 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first child soldier pops out of the bush clutching an AK-47 assault rifle in one hand and a handful of fresh marijuana ...

President Trump says Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to sign a deal with the U.S. to provide valuable minerals in exchange for what Ukraine is hoping will be additional military aid to ...

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 14, 2020 shows recent portraits of China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Dan Kitwood and Nicholas Kamm / various ...

Devin Friend is a graduate of McNeese State University with a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Starting from the day that he played Super Mario Kart on a Super Nintendo that he received as a ...